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| <p class="style1">Target Platform Preferences</p> |
| <p>Target Platform refers to the platform against which you are developing and testing your plug-ins. The target platform encompasses the location of the target, the list of plug-ins constituting the target, the target environment and launching arguments. </p> |
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| <p class="style2">Target Location</p> |
| <p>The target location typically denotes the location of an Eclipse installation. When searching the target location for plug-ins, PDE assumes a typical Eclipse installation layout, i.e. plug-ins are expected to be in a <em>plugins/ </em>subdirectory of the target location. Similarly, features are assumed to be in a <em>features/ </em>subdirectory of the target location. </p> |
| <p><img src="../../images/preferences/target_location.png" alt="Target Location" hspace="30"></p> |
| <p>Not all targets are Eclipse installations. Therefore PDE is flexible when it comes to locating plug-ins in the target. In the absence of a <em>plugins/</em> subdirectory, PDE assumes the target location itself is the directory where plug-ins are located.</p> |
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| <p class="style2">Target Definitions</p> |
| <p>Target Definitions are <em>.target</em> files that encapsulate all aspects of a target (location, content, environment, etc.). </p> |
| <p>The Pre-defined Targets section of the |
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| <strong>Window > Preferences... > Plug-in Development > Target Platform</strong></a> |
| preference page is initially populated by definitions contributed via the <strong>org.eclipse.pde.core.targets</strong> extension point.</p> |
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| <p>You can browse for additional target definitions in the workspace using the <strong>Browse... </strong>button.</p> |
| <p>To preview the target profile before you apply it, click on the <strong>Target</strong> link. This will open a new window showing the content of the target definition.</p> |
| <p>To load the target, press the <strong>Load Target</strong> button. This will update all the tabs on the Target Platform preference page based on the content of the selected target definition. </p> |
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| <p>For more information, refer to the following documents:</p> |
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| <li><a href="target_plugins.htm">Target Plug-ins</a></li> |
| <li><a href="target_env.htm">Target Environment</a></li> |
| <li><a href="launching_args.htm">Launching Arguments</a></li> |
| <li><a href="implicit_dependencies.htm">Implicit Dependencies</a></li> |
| <li><a href="source_code_locations.htm">Source Code Locations</a></li> |
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